Obituaries
Karen Autry Kiefer
Jan 15, 2022
Karen Lee Autry Kiefer, 69, of Albany, GA passed away Saturday, January 15, 2022 at Pruitt Health and Rehabilitation. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, January 20, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at First United Methodist Church Chapel. Rev. Jim Morrow and Rev. Anna Miller will officiate. Interment will follow at 2:00 p.m. in Andersonville Natl’ Cemetery.
Born in Albany,...
Marion Dekle
Jan 15, 2022
Marion Dekle, 93, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, January 15, 2022 at the Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Wednesday January 19, 2022 at 2:00 pm at Mathews Funeral Home. Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery. Aaron Dekle, Brian Russ, Jeremy Lokey, Shaun Lokey, Ryan Dekle and Stoney Burke will serve as active...
Sharon "Sherry" Pitts Speirs
Jan 14, 2022
Sharon “Sherry” Pitts Speirs, 67, of Lee County, GA, died January 14, 2022 at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. Funeral services will be held Wednesday January 19, 2022 at 11:00 am at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Eric Newman will officiate. Interment will follow in the Smithville City Cemetery.
Sherry was born on November 12, 1954 to Fred and Lois...
Seconda Jane Faulk
Jan 13, 2022
Seconda Jane Faulk, 62, of Warwick, GA, died January 13, 2022 at her residence. A Celebration of Life for family and friends will be held at the family’s residence at 5232 GA Hwy 300, Warwick, GA 31996 on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at 4:00 p.m.
Seconda was born in Albany, GA on April 26, 1959 to Rudolph and Ruby Pollock....
Margaret A. "Rea" Speir
Jan 10, 2022
Margaret A. “Rea” Speir, 85, of Albany, GA, passed away peacefully with her daughters by her side on January 10, 2022 at Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital in Charleston, SC. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday, January 14, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Bruce English will officiate. Rea was born in Shreveport, LA on...
Donald "Don" E. Smith
Jan 9, 2022
Donald "Don" E. Smith, 78 of Albany, died Sunday, January 9, 2022 at his residence. A memorial service will be held Saturday, January 22, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. at Beacon Baptist Church, Albany, GA. Born in Baker County Mr. Smith had lived in Albany since 1975. He retired from Dougherty County School System after thirty-one years as the Bus Shop...
John Graham King
Jan 8, 2022
John Graham King, 70, of Albany, GA., died Saturday, January 8, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A private service will be held at a later date.
Born on December 10, 1951 in Boson, MA and raised in Weston, MA. John graduated from Dickinson College in 1974. His career was in the hospitality business as a hotel manager and...
Jesusa Bernardo Gagui - West
Jan 7, 2022
Susie Bernardo Gagui-West of Leesburg,Georgia,died at the age of 83, on Friday,January 7, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A Memorial Mass will be held Saturday, January 22, 2022 at 11:00 AM at St. Teresa's Catholic Church.
Susie was born January 16,1938 to Jose Bernardo and Venturada Ramos. She grew up in the Philippines and worked many years as an executive...
Myrtle Wiggins Hatcher
Jan 5, 2022
Myrtle Wiggins Hatcher, 94, of Sylvester, GA, died Wednesday, January 5, 2022 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 8, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Billy Wilkes will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Mrs. Hatcher was born in Albany, GA on December 27, 1927 to John and Nannie Wiggins....
Virginia Slocumb Welfare
Jan 4, 2022
Virginia Slocumb Welfare of Augusta, Georgia, passed away peacefully in her sleep, surrounded by her children at the home of her daughter in Albany on Tuesday, January 4, 2022. She was preceded in death by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Abner Roberts (Leila Moulton), her brother, James Abner Roberts, Jr. (Bud), husbands, Bill B. Slocumb and Bill Welfare and...
Haley Ashton Nolan
Jan 4, 2022
Haley Ashton Nolan, 31, passed away Tuesday, January 4, 2022 in Albany GA. Born on April 20, 1990 in Albany, GA.
A private ceremony will be held for Haley in the days to come. She will be remembered for her dazzling blue eyes, infectious smile and animated sense of humor. Haley’s favorite hobbies consisted of listening to music, spending...
David Williamson
Jan 4, 2022
David Williamson passed away on Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at the age of 89. David was born in Center, TX on November 14, 1932. He joined the US Navy in 1950 and was a veteran of both the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He retired from active service after twenty years holding the rank of Chief Warrant Officer in 1970.
Upon...
Gloria Faye Shields
Jan 3, 2022
Gloria Faye Shields of Albany, GA passed away Monday, January 3, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
Born in Dale Co., AL, she had resided in Albany, GA since 1955. She was a self-employed beautician before her retirement, a member of BPOE Lodge # 713 Auxiliary, American Legion Post # 30 Auxiliary, the Albany Women’s Club, where she served...
Christie Brazel Cooper
Jan 3, 2022
Christie Brazel Cooper, 60, of Dawson died Monday, January 3, 2022 at her home in Mineral Bluff, GA. Her memorial service will be 2:00 PM Friday, January 7, 2022 at Calvary Baptist Church in Dawson, GA. Rev. Alan Sanders will officiate, assisted by Rev. Brian Johnson. A native of Dawson, Christie worked as Ex Officio for the Terrell County Delinquent...
William Harris
Jan 3, 2022
William Alexander Harris passed away on Monday, January 3rd, 2022 at his residence in Dawson, GA.
William was born on September 8th 1988 to Roger Harris and Kathy Williams and was raised in Dawson, GA where he spent most of his adult life. His friends and family will remember him for the light and laughter that he brought into the...
Katie Faye Webb
Jan 2, 2022
I, Faye Webb, say to you;
Live well, Life is a journey. See the needs and respond. Look for helpers. Be a friend. Be honest. Make a difference. Above all, be kind. Take time for Prayer. Search for your purpose. Promote the good, the joy of one another. Use God’s gifts to reach out and lessen the suffering of...
Bobby Wayne Tucker
Jan 2, 2022
Bobby “Bob” Wayne Tucker, 74, of Leesburg, died very peacefully at home in the arms of his loving wife Debra Tucker. Bobby fought a hard fight with leukemia.
Born September 21, 1947 in Fayetteville, TN, he was preceded in death by his parents, Mary “Big Mama” Ellen Tucker Massey and Thomas “Red” Massey and his siblings, Clyde “Doug” Tucker, Barbara...
Carol Lynn Chatman
Jan 1, 2022
Carol (Rainey) Chatman, age 73, passed away January 1, 2022 after a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Carol was the daughter of the late R.C and Carolyn Rainey of Albany, Georgia. She was a loving mother, daughter, sister and wife. She will be missed dearly.
Carol was a life -long resident of Albany, Georgia and worked for the United States...
Julia Raymond Jackson
Dec 31, 2021
Julia Raymond Jackson, 81, of Albany, GA passed away, Friday, December 31, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Private memorial service will be held by the family at a later date.
Mrs. Jackson was born on April 24, 1940 in Oneida, NY to the late Frank and Charlotte Mae Raymond. She moved to Albany, Georgia, many years ago. She...
John L. Tracy
Dec 31, 2021
John Lunsford Tracy, III, 79, of Albany, GA, died December 31, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held at a later date at Avalon United Methodist Church. John was born on August 1, 1942 to Dr. John Lunsford Tracy, Jr. and Julia Nelle Mizell Tracy in Albany, GA. He was raised in Worth County and...
